Notices by Robbie Norlyn, Author 👾 (robertnorlyn@mstdn.social), page 2

Vibrator Remote

#OddItemsInTheJunkDrawer
#HashTagGames

@TonyStark Challenges and great odds are never defeat in my mind. If I had an attitude to the contrary I’d say that I wouldn’t be here today.

Jewish-owned grocery store in Toronto hit by suspected antisemitic arson attack

International Delicatessen Foods (IDF, get it?--VB) was hit by smashed windows, a suspicious fire and graffiti reading 'Free Palestine'

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/jewish-owned-grocery-store-in-toronto-hit-by-suspected-antisemitic-arson-attack

@dannotdaniel The attitude that the candidates are the same is such an outdated and apathetic position that it indicates an unhealthy level of ignorance. It is a deeply flawed and dangerous way to think about politics.

Republicans in congress complain the $174,000 salary isn’t enough.

"Most of us live on the salary…the very wealthy few end up dominating the news because of their personal stock trades, when most of us don't have wealth."
- Rep. Patrick McHenry, interim speaker and Wish.com Orville Redenbacher

Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage hasn’t risen since 2009. So:

…bootstraps.

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New instance, new #introduction.

I see this instance has a *nice* *long* character limit for posts.

I have a Ph.D. in Human Science (2016, Saybrook University), which is about the experience of being human in social contexts. It is the mother of the social sciences but is now, at least in the English speaking world, and at least as far as I can tell, a dead field.

I studied #conservatism for my #dissertation. And yes, the #Democrats are far too #conservative for me.

Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a computer programmer. It was the wrong career choice.

I am a #vegan #LibertarianSocialist (recovering #anarchist) mostly from the #SanFrancisco #BayArea in #California, presently residing in #Pittsburgh, #Pennsylvania, hoping to move to #erie

In #kyriarchy, I mostly focus on #classism and #ageism, but since arriving in Pittsburgh, have been confronted with blatant #racism (and yes, many white people here do see it). But #SocialJustice has to be for everybody; to focus on any one identity, to the exclusion of others, is nothing more than to elevate that identity over that of the predominantly wealthy white males who are now in charge.

I oppose all #imperialism and #SettlerColonialism, not just U.S. and NATO imperialism and settler-colonialism. Having lived on the underbelly of #capitalism most of my life, I am #anticapitalist and ferociously opposed to #neoliberalism. I oppose physical and structural violence.

Human beings have #HumanRights. These rights are not constrained by their governments' failures to ratify certain human rights treaties.

#Borders exist to mark off territory controlled by elites whose competition accounts for most if not all wars and to deny human beings on the "wrong" side of an arbitrary line rights and privileges available on the "right" side. This cannot be justified ethically. I am hostile to #xenophobia

Finally, I am pessimistic about the future of humanity. #COVID19 and the #ClimateCrisis demonstrate our unfitness for survival.

@flexghost It’s what Trump thought he did for himself while in office. Apparently, according to his lawyers he was “misled.”

OMICRONIAN MALES ARE THE BEST. KILL YOUR BROODMATES; EAT YOUR MOTHER; CONTINUALLY TRY TO IMPRESS YOUR DISTANT AND ALOOF FATHER BEFORE VIOLENTLY DEPOSING HIM IN AN ORGY OF GORE AND PAIN; APPROACH EVERYONE WITH KINDNESS* AND CURIOSITY; AND RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYONE WANT LOVE, COMFORT, SAFETY, AND ACCEPTANCE JUST LIKE YOU DO.

*EXCEPTIONS APPLY (SEE, E.G., GEESE, OUTWORLDERS)

@nocontexttrek Seven discovered, to her disappointment, that this time traveling outing was not going to be a “jolly good time” as Picard would put it.

@Adam_Cadmon1 My perception of how everyone perceives anything happening in Africa is “just another sunny day in Africa!”
“There’s a war in Ethi… just another sunny day in Africa!”
“We have reports of child slave… just another sunny day in Africa!”
“Extremist tribal groups are genoci… just another sunny day in Africa!”

Silence is Golden

#OverusedWordsPhrasesOrSongs
#HashtagGames

@TonyStark It’s crazy that it works too! They just say crimes aren’t being addressed or reporting isn’t happening. It’s kind of maddening talking with a republican about crime. It’s like talking to someone with Stockholm syndrome.

@azphilosopher @TonyStark The U.S. has always relied on an influx of migrant workers. Particularly, after spreading from “sea to shining sea.”
These “republicans” just seem determined to undermine and destroy everything that interferes with what ever improves lives around them.

“Earth’s perihelion happens close to the New Year every year. Earth's orbit around the Sun isn't perfectly circular, so we get closer to and farther from the Sun depending on where we are in that orbit. In 2024, perihelion — our closest point to the Sun — will be on Jan. 2-3” - The Downlink #Downlink #PlanetarySociety

@phaedral @dukepaaron That being said I don’t approve of Israel’s carpet bombing even though they have been taking measures to reduce civilian deaths. I don’t think Likud is even remotely interested in listening to outsiders about what they see as a problematic neighbor. I also don’t think Hamas is even remotely interested in peace. They have proven to be really bad at governing and are solely interested in killing all Jews. Letting them buy more time isn’t good for anyone. /End

@phaedral @dukepaaron First, I am going to address the settlers comment. In my circles it’s pretty much a given that we condemn the violence of the settlers. I am sure there are exceptions.
Secondly, Hamas is the governing body of Gaza. They started the war with Israel. Israel has taken extreme measures to save civilians. Hamas on the contrary continues to endanger citizens, particularly minorities, and perform combat operations with them at arms length. Hamas is culpable for civilian deaths. 1/

📷 The trees stand in a field adjacent to a 1780s meeting house and small cemetery.

#FediversalPictures #Photography #Nature #Today

@keithmorrisnm This just makes me nostalgic for when cars that drove themselves were merely powered by magic.

#MoonPic

Now that he's made International news and is world famous...

"North Dakota state lawmaker apologizes for homophobic, xenophobic comments toward officer"

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4376624-north-dakota-state-lawmaker-apologizes-for-homophobic-xenophobic-comments-toward-officer/

"CNN reported Rios called one of the officers a homophobic slur and brought up an officer’s nationality. After the officer told him that he was from England, Rios said England had been 'taken over' by migrants."

#GOP #NicoRios #immigrants #LGBTQ #homophobia #NorthDakota #ND